New evidence for the role of mechanical forces in the shoot apical meristem

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-18

  Dumais, Jacques ^a   Steele, Charles R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical buckling; Meristem; Pressurized shell; Primordium initiation; Sunflower; Tissue stresses

Indexed keywords

CAPITULUM; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0033931115     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003440000003     Document Type: Article

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